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David Lightman / courant.com:
Lieberman Calls For Formation Of 'War Cabinet'  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, increasingly isolated in his own Democratic party because of his strong support for the Iraq war, today called on the White House and congressional leaders to form a special "war cabinet" to provide advice and direction for the war effort.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:   Moral Foundations  —  I see that Senator Lieberman is concerned …
BBC:
Cameron chosen as new Tory leader  —  David Cameron has been elected as the new Conservative leader by a margin of more than two to one over David Davis.  —  The 39-year-old beat Mr Davis by 134,446 votes to 64,398 in a postal ballot of Tory members across the UK.
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Brian Wheeler / BBC:
The David Cameron story
Discussion: Kesher Talk
Conservativehome.Com / toryleadership:   How Cameron Won... And Davis Lost
Associated Press:
Poll finds broad approval of terrorist torture  —  Most in U.S., Britain, France, S. Korea say torture justified in rare instances  —  WASHINGTON - Most Americans and a majority of people in Britain, France and South Korea say torturing terrorism suspects is justified at least in rare instances, according to AP-Ipsos polling.
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Richard Bernstein / New York Times:
Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith in Rice  —  BERLIN, Dec. 6 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did what was expected, many people in Europe said Tuesday, after her meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German officials.  She gave reassurances that the United States …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and War and Piece
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Solomon Amendment likely to survive  —  Congress' demand that law schools give military recruiters equal access to their students, despite the military's policy of barring homosexuals from service, appeared to have survived quite easily its constitutional test in the Supreme Court on Tuesday …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Law Schools Against Free Speech  —  The Supreme Court considers military recruitment on campus.  —  Anyone who has attended law school will attest to the lunacy of interview season, wherein law students trade in jeans and sweatshirts for rumpled navy suits and heroically endure an uneasy session …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Weighs Military's Access to Law Schools
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Not Guilty Verdicts in Florida Terror Trial Are Setback for U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - In a major defeat for law enforcement officials, a jury in Florida failed to return guilty verdicts Tuesday on any of 51 criminal counts against a former Florida professor and three co-defendants accused …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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Robert Green / Reuters:
Professor acquitted of funding Islamist group  —  TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found a former Florida professor not guilty of funding a banned Islamist group in a verdict likely to be seen as a stiff blow to the U.S. government in its attempts to prosecute terror suspects.
Jerusalem Post:
Troops catch suicide bomber's relatives
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam Vows No Return to 'Unjust' Court  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein shouted Tuesday that he will not return "to an unjust court" when it convenes for a fifth session the following day.  As the end of the session, when the judges decided to resume the trial Wednesday, Saddam suddenly shouted: "I will not return.
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Fox News:
Saddam Tells Judge: 'Go to Hell'
Discussion: Power Line and Six Meat Buffet
Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Concealed Witness Tells of Torture By Hussein's Forces
Scott Shane / New York Times:
German Sues Over Abduction Said to Be at Hands of C.I.A.  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - A German citizen who says he was abducted, beaten and taken to Afghanistan by American agents in an apparent case of mistaken identity in 2003 filed suit in federal court today against George J. Tenet …
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Associated Press:
Professor beaten; attackers cite KU creationism class  —  LAWRENCE - A professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he sent e-mails deriding Christian conservatives was hospitalized Monday after what appeared to be a roadside beating.
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Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
'Holiday' Cards Ring Hollow for Some on Bushes' List  —  What's missing from the White House Christmas card?  Christmas.  —  This month, as in every December since he took office, President Bush sent out cards with a generic end-of-the-year message, wishing 1.4 million of his close friends and supporters a happy "holiday season."
Discussion: RedState.org and PrestoPundit
Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Throwing National Security Under the Bus  —  It's as if the whole Valerie Plame matter never happened.  —  ABC News is blowing their 'EXCLUSIVE' horn again in an ongoing investigation to 'out' a handful of secret CIA prisons where alleged "enhanced interrogation techniques" are authorized for use by 14 CIA officers.
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NY Daily News:
Angry activists set to hound Hil  —  WASHINGTON - Anti-war activists furious with Sen. Hillary Clinton are vowing to bird-dog her everywhere she goes, starting with a swanky Manhattan fund-raiser tonight.  —  Clinton's letter last week clarifying her position on Iraq …

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